_ There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to Fortune--But most of us catch our watered stock on the ebb.
=UMBRELLA= A good thing to put up in a shower--or pawn-shop; but, like skating, never seen after Lent.
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=UNBOSOMED=
A shirt just returned from a steam laundry.
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=UNION= An ailing individual frequently troubled by scabs and liable to strike without warning.
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=UMPIRE= No jeweler, but a high authority on diamonds.
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=USHER= One who takes a leading part in a theatre.
=VACCINATION= Where "jabbing the needle" is never a vice.
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=VAUDEVILLE= From Lat.
vaut, good for, and
villageois, countryman. Good for countrymen.
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=VERANDA=
[Illustration]
An open-air enclosure often used as a spoon-holder.
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=VEST= A waistcoat sold at halfprice.
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=VIRTUE= A quality oftentimes associated with intelligence, but rarely with beauty.
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=VULGARITY= The conduct of others.
A rolling stone gathers no moss--except at roulette. _